Josephe

French feminine variation of Joseph, Hebrew

"Jehovah increases"

Josephe Origin and Meaning

The name Josephe is a girl's name of French origin meaning "Jehovah increases".

Josephe is much less well-known in the English-speaking world than Josephine or Joanna. English speakers might have trouble with its similarity to the male Joseph.

Famous People Named Josephe

• (Marie Josèphe) Rose Tascher de La Pagerie birth name of Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress consort of Napoleon I of France
• Anne Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt, French singer, orator and Revolutionary
• Marie Josèphe Yoyotte, French actress
• Clair Josèphe Hippolyte Leris aka Le Clairon French actress
• Marie Josèphe Fegue Cameroonian weightlifter
• Marie Josèphe Jude, French pianist
• Marie Joséphe Zani,Fé Touam,Bona, CAR politician
• Victoire Armande Josèphe de Rohan governess of the children of King Louis XVI of France
• Archduchess Maria Josepha "Josephe" of Austria Daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, sister to Queen Marie Antoinette of France

The name Josephe in Pop Culture

• Marie Josèphe de la Croix, main character in "The Moon and the Sun" by Vonda N. McIntyre and film "The King's Daughter"